'EU away with the fairies!' Farage MOCKS 'Euro State' plan as Juncker calls for more unity

NIGEL Farage mocked Jean-Claude Juncker's call for more unity claiming the Commission chief is "away with the fairies" as he plans to create a Euro State despite clear resistance from many EU member states.

Speaking to Express.co.uk in Strasbourg, the British MEP and former Ukip leader claimed he believed for the first time since the Brexit negotiations began, the EU would be willing to give in and offer the UK a "Canada plus" deal.

Mr Farage argued pressure from German and French businesses was building up against the European Commission President and others like him being resilient against making concessions to the UK.

He said: “If they know we’re prepared to leave on WTO rules and we’d like to have a Canada plus trade deal, for the first time in this process I think they want to do it.

“And I think the pressure on Juncker and others from German and French businesses is massive to get something done.

They want to build their euro state regardless of whether people want that or not

Nigel Farage

In his speech, Mr Juncker sets out the bloc’s agenda for the coming 12 months, which will largely be dominated by the UK’s withdrawal.

The speech focused on the topics of Brexit, trade, law, past conflict, migration and the EU-Africa strategy.

The Commission chief called for "more respect" to be showed to the European Union as a guarantor of continuous peace.

He said: "In 1914 it caught the continent off guard. It was a sunny calm optimistic year in 1913.

"I am not suggesting that we are on the verge of a similar catastrophe in Europe.

"The European Union is a guarantor of peace.

"Let's be happy that we live on a continent of peace, on a continent that enjoys peace thanks to the European Union.

"Let us show more respect to the European Union. Let us not sully its image.

"Let us defend our way of life, our way of being. Let's embrace the kind of patriotism that is not directed against others, and let us decry kneejerk national which attacks others and seeks scapegoats rather than looking for solutions that allow us to co-exist better.”